Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
Don't you dare disabuse me of my view that Germany is the bastion of Democracy with a sensible system of devolved responsibilities and a PR system that enables the country to slowly shift position as the coalition alters... You have a leader who seems to have the ability to understand what she's doing and focuses on doing it rather than the latest PR campaign. If I wasn't so utterly useless at languages I'd have considered relocating over there.

Merkel is really difficult to judge. Internationally she appears to look great, domestically she seems less great. She promises broadband internet for everyone every election but hasn't delivered yet. This year, the goal was for everyone to have at least 50MBit/s, but we are nowhere near that outside of larger cities. And then her ministers go rogue (or soft) in favor of big business, we still export weapons to Turkey and SA and not much is done about rising housing prices and the wealth gap, etc. Most of the "good" things she does weren't her idea in the first place. She's certainly okay in an international comparison, but there is quite a bit of room for improvement and internationally she only looks good because other countries lowered their standards...but maybe that's the best one can get in a crazy world?